Improvement in tuyeres



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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE IMPROVEMENT IN TuYEaEs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 43,683, dated August 2,1864.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL C. GRAY, of Lewisville, in the county ofHenry, State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Tuyere; and Ido hereby declare that the fol lowing is a full and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to theletters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in using an air conducting pipe, F,leading from the bellows to a square ash-pit, E, beneath the tire-placeB. This air-pipe is surrounded with a body of water, which is containedin a tank, A A A, &c. This tank is suppliedwith Water through the pipeH. The water surrounds the ash-pit E, and escapes through the pipe I.The fireplaceB is provided with tive perforations, a a ce a a. At theend of air-pipe F, in

and theseeond named for the escapeof water,

and the manner in which the water surrounds the pipe F and ash-pit- E,the shape of the tank A A A, 86e., and tire-place B, all arranged andoperating substantially as and for the purpose shown and described.

SAMUEL C. GRAY. 'Witnesses JOHN B. OsGooD, JN0. L. SMITHMYER.

